Henley v. Hotaling
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. William E. Storms was in the possession of two thousand acres of public land at Eound Valley, Mendocino County, and gave to S. P. Storms a power of attorney, of which the following is a copy: “Eound Valley, 7th Oct., 1859. “ Know all men by these presents, that I, Wm.
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Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. William E. Storms was in the possession of two thousand acres of public land at Eound Valley, Mendocino County, and gave to S. P. Storms a power of attorney, of which the following is a copy: “Eound Valley, 7th Oct., 1859. “ Know all men by these presents, that I, Wm. E. Storms, of Boston, County of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have made, constituted, and appointed, and by these presents do make, constitute, and appoint S. P. Storms, of Eound Valley, County of Mendocino, State of California, my…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Rhodes, C. J.:
Was the instrument which was executed hy William B. Storms, by his attorney in fact, S. F. Storms, to Hotaling, what it purported to be, an absolute conveyance of the premises in controversy, or was it a mortgage? The Court below found it to be the former, and the evidence was amply sufficient to justify the finding. The parties consulted the legal adviser of Hotaling, and by him they were informed that the letter of attorney did not empower the attorney in fact to execute a mortgage. Thereupon a proposition was made by one party, and accejrted by the other, for a…
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